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Detroit Red Wings to play preseason game in Upper Peninsula on Sept. 26

The Detroit Red Wings were angry and disappointed after losing their season finale, 7-1. Filmed April 6, 2019 in Detroit. Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press

An exhibition season that already boded excitement has an added dimension for the Detroit Red Wings.

The Wings will head to Calumet, Michigan, a village that the U.S. Census Bureau lists as having a population of 698 as of 2017, to play the St. Louis Blues in a preseason game on Sept. 26. Calumet's nickname is Copper Town, U.S.A.

Calumet was designated as the most spirited hockey community in the U.